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Article: Va. Officials Hope New Film Studio Will Bring in Moviemakers
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- The Washington Post
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- November 21, 1988
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Rural state route 10-32 is marked by little more than flat fields
and scattered houses until a flashy sign suddenly appears beside the
road: "Hollywood on the Atlantic."
A turn down a short drive reveals signs advertising the
Hillpoint Farms community, the future campus of Paul D. Camp
Community College and finally a gleaming, cream-colored modern
building, the home of Atlantic Film Studios.
State officials hope the studio and last month's Virginia
Festival of American Film will be magnets that will bring more
moviemakers into Virginia, along with the jobs and spending that
their movie productions generate.
Laura Oaksmith, acting director of the Virginia Film Office,
said the newly ...